September 23, 2011

yay marriage

you guys. i got this flyer in the mail from an apparently local baptist church yesterday.

WHAT THE EFF IS THAT SUPPOSED TO EVEN MEAN?

"his love, regardless of her respect." ...WHAT?

i mean, i can't even tell if i should be offended by it. as a woman, i mean. is it a seminar on how men can foist their love on women even if the woman doesn't respect them? or how women should respect men even if the men don't love them?

First off, who does their publicity? Because entitling it "Yay Marriage" is so totally lame.

Secondly, I'm offended. There is no way to read this flier that isn't insulting. Worse, people might actually go to this stupid thing and I'm thinking there might be a rise in domestic violence cases. Jesus.

There's a book called Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needs. It teaches wives to respect their husbands above all and husbands to love their wives regardless. Obviously this doesn't apply in cases of abuse, but it's more about love languages and how most men respond to respect while most women respond to love.